Laugh and cry within 90 minutes… I thoroughly recommend Russell.
Tracy Ryan, Director, EMEA Marketing at Simpleview
One warm Friday night in the 1970s, my dad, my brother and I moved a mountain.
Literally a mountain.
23 tonnes of topsoil dumped on the street, blocking the bus route. I thought you’d need an army to shift it.
We were two wee lads with a shovel each, and a man with two wheelbarrows.
By midnight, the road was clear. We never left a job half done.
That’s optimism. And it’s not blind positivity. It’s the discipline of optimism.
The kind you can choose – even when the odds are laughable.
Fast forward to 2020. My business flatlined overnight. Same mindset. Different mountain. “Think Like an Optimist” takes you inside the habits, science and mindset that keep you moving forward when the world’s falling apart – because without it, you stall, sink or quit.
The world doesn’t need more leaders burying their heads in the sand. It needs more leaders who can shovel through the worst.
It’s late afternoon last Thursday in Glasgow and the room’s hotter than Adam Ant in 1983.
I’ve heard inspirational entrepreneurial stories, bookended by STAC CEO Paul Wilson’s stonking update and Novosound CEO Dave Hughes 614,000 mile journey from start up at University of the West of Scotland to 40 staff and global reach.
Now l have half an hour on “Think Like An Optimist”…
Saturday l went out in the easeful early morning, Dolce & Banana shades up top.
It was life-affirming.
I’d forgotten the pleasure of a long London walk, not dressed up and no place to be. Weekdays are not for strolling as everything’s very important bid-nizz.
Exiting the hotel, there’s a heavy-set fella to my right. We might be the same age, or he’s a decade younger. He’s pushing a trolley down Kingsway, l guess the tube’s brought him to Holborn from the sticks.
Every keynote, every workshop, every panel I do is to encourage personal and business growth.
Explore our seven themes to see what works for you and your business goals.
